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Drug Delivery Using Nanoparticles Could Improve Bowel Cancer Survival Rates

Bowel cancer survival rates could be improved if chemotherapy drugs were delivered via tiny nanoparticles to the diseased organs rather than oral treatment.

4 May 2021

Novel Ultrasonic Imaging System Produces Microscopic and Nanoscopic Resolution Images

Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed an ultrasonic imaging system, which can be deployed on the tip of a hair-thin optical fibre, and will be insertable into the human body to visualise cell abnormalities in 3D.

3 May 2021

New Nanomaterials and Processes Could Free Water from Pathogens

Scientists from Empa, together with their collaborators at Eawag, have been designing new materials and technologies to eliminate pathogens from drinking water, which so far could barely be removed with traditional measures, or only with high-cost, complex processes.

30 Apr 2021

New “Nanotraps” Could Capture and Destroy Coronavirus Within the Body

At the University of Chicago, scientists have developed an absolutely innovative, promising treatment for COVID-19 in the form of nanoparticles with the ability to trap SARS-CoV-2 viruses inside the body and use the body’s own immune system to kill them.

28 Apr 2021

Researchers Identify Nanobodies that Inhibit COVID-19 Infection

Australian researchers have identified neutralising nanobodies that block the SARS-CoV-2 virus from entering cells in preclinical models.

27 Apr 2021

Combination of Nanoparticles and Bioglass can Help Fight Harmful Bacteria

Bacteria are presently ahead of humans in the arms race 'mankind against bacteria.' Antibiotics—the previous miracle weapons of humans—are failing more often because tricky maneuvers are used by microorganisms to safeguard themselves from the impacts of these medications.

23 Apr 2021

Nanoform and Aprecia Collaborate to Advance 3D Printed Nanomedicines

Nanoform Finland Plc, an innovative nanoparticle medicine enabling company, and Aprecia, the 3DP (three-dimensional printing) pharmaceutical company, announce that they are exploring the synergies between their respective technologies in the field of nanoparticle-enabled 3DP dosage forms.

From Aprecia Pharmaceuticals 23 Apr 2021